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MIKE PAVE/ sets his sights on the goal line enroute to a 35-yard
touchdown jaunt against Elma. The play, early in the fourth quarter, iced
the victory for the Climbers -- their second in league play. That's Mel
Morgan (20) matchingstrides with Pavel. Morgan also had an outstanding .....
night, rushing for 44 yards and scoring Shelton's first touchdown.
AP FOOTBALL POLL
S, ever
made use of
of resistance last
ey throttled
21-0 to retain
Division
nce was a stiff,
of near-gale
the effect the
on airborne
the sort the
Passing team was
',rs intercepted
ennis T
ronson s
lUffeted passes,
Into their initial
didn't let
until late in
When Tronson
couple of
territory
the goal
th in a row in
Chmbers a
2-0 league mark, 5-0 overall, and
kept them dead even with league
rival North Thurston going into
Friday night's contest at
Timberline.
Flaunting a defensive
secondary described by Coach
Stark as possibly the best ever at
Shelton, the Climbers held
highly-regarded Tronson to just
five completions in 15 attempts
and grabbed "only" two
interceptions.
"The defense had set six
interceptions as its goal before the
game," said Stark, "and 1 guess
we probably would have had four
or five if Elma had thrown more."
These are not words of windy
bravado from the Climber coach.
In just five games this season his
young charges have garnered 11
interceptions; their opponents
should be so lucky to complete
that many to their own men
(which they haven't).
The Climbers first victimized
3me Back to
Blazers in
match.
Still Smarting
last week in
~ut to avenge
at the hands
- and
ack Stark
of
hard-fought
Stark, "and
of
is a real
and you
it."
re Was talk
to the
lmberline
Winner was
Stark looks
at such talk as added incentive.
"Our guys go into every game
like it is the championship game,"
he said, "but I think there may be
a little something extra in this
one."
Timberline probably won't be
testing the vaunted Climber
defensive secondary, although
Stark rates quarterback Tom
Johnson a good passer. "With
their entire backfield back from
last year," remarked the coach,
"they don't need to pass."
Operating out of the
wishbone on offense, the Blazers
run the triple option proficiently
and have four experienced backs
they can rotate. "We'll have to
put a man on each back and be
especially alert for the counter
option," said Stark.
With the exception of back
Doug Kingery, who's out with a
Tronson and his Eagles on just the
second play of the game. Jeff
McGee gathered in a tipped pass
at mid-field and gave the offensive
unit a first down in Eagle
territory.
From there quarterback Chris
McGee directed a methodical
l O-play drive capped by Mel
Morgan's scoring burst over left
tackle from the four. Jim
Kieburtz kicked his first of three
points-after.
Having dug a hole for
themselves, the Eagles proceeded
with self-interment activities on
their very next offensive series.
The well-lubricated football
squirted out of the grasp of the
ballcarrier on a dive play and Tom
Myer pounced on it at the Elma
35. It was the senior's first fumble
recovery this year and the eighth
for the Climber defense.
Elma's spunky defensive unit
allowed first-down yardage but
then stiffened, and Shelton's drive
broken jaw, the Climbers should
be at full strength. Doctors
removed Kingery's brace earlier in
the week, but it was not known
whether the 160-pound senior
would be able to play.
"If it had been up to him and
if he could play with his brace,"
said Stark of Kingery, "he'd have
been playing last Friday. An
amazing kid."
Such is the spirit of a team
which sees itself as not yet having
reached its potential - despite its
sparkling record -- and Stark
believes his Climbers are that kind
of a team.
"I think this may be the best
team togetherness we have ever
had," Stark said, "but we know
we can still play better."
Kickoff for Friday's game in
Timberline is set for 8 p.m.
mm
ended on downs at the 20.
The Eagles still couldn't get
anything going offensively,
though, and were forced to punt
into the wind from their own 26.
It was not one of their better
boots.
The Climbers took over at the
27 - Elma's. Staying on the
ground, they took the bail to the
two-yard line in just four plays -
the big one an 11-yard scamper
by quarterback Chris McGee. Sam
Martin scored from there on a
dive play.
Tronson tried the aerial route
again on the next series, a quick
one into the flat in the fashion of
his first pass. Not wishing to see
the similarity end there, John
Vernon calmly stepped in front of
the waiting Eagle receiver and
made off in haste with his second
interception of the year. He went
29 yards with it, but again the
Climbers came away pointless
after testing the scrappy Eagle
front four.
The Climbers got another
opportunity for a score when
Andy Whitener latched onto an
Eagle fumble deep in Elma
territory - his second recovery of
the evening. But the Eagles again
rose to the occasion.
"Elma's defense kept coming
the entire ballgame," said Coach
Stark. "We couldn't kill their
will."
If the will was alive and well
in Elma's end of the field,
unfortunately so too was the
football. And Climber Mike Pavel
wasted little time in taking
advantage of that fact when he
got an opportunity to carry the
ball early in the fourth quarter.
The 6-1½ junior took off around
right end from the Elma 35 and
encountered nary a pinky of
Eagle protest until he crashed
head-on into the entire secondary
at the one-yard line. Eagles flew
and the score was 20-0. Jim
Kieburtz made the point-after
kick.
Elma's last-ditch effort to get
on the scoreboard - and certainly
the Eagles' best offensive showing
of the night- came with time
running out. The visitors moved
the ball from their own end of the
1. Shelton
2. Sunnyside
3. Sumner
4. Marysville
5. West Valley, Spokane
6. Othello
7. Bainbridge
8. Centralia
Eastmont (tie)
field to the Shelton 27, with
Tronson hitting with
well-delivered quick outs and one
pass for 20 yards into the tough
Climber secondary.
"Tronson's one of the
sharpest passers we've seen on the
quick flare-out," said Coach
Stark. "But most of his
completions were for only five or
six yards."
Stark credits his defensive line
with much of the success against
the pass, as Tronson rarely had
time to set up and spent much of
the contest on his duff. The
anchor of that defensive front
four, senior Jay Zamzow, earned
the coveted "black hat" award for
his contribution. The 6-4½
194-pound All-League tackle
made four solo stops against
Elma, second only to Sam
Martin's five.
Senior speedster Joe Schab's
two-game punt return streak came
to an end on the slippery
Highclimber Stadium turf, but he
wowed the crowd with a
spectacular diving attempt at
snaring a Chris McGee pass in the
endzone in the first quarter. It
was the nearest thing to a
completion for the Climbers, who
tried only two other passes and
then deferred in favor of the safer
overland route.
THE YARDSTICK
S E
First downs 12 5
Net yds rushing215 46
Net yds passing 0 40
Total net yds 215 86
Pass att-c-i 3-0-0 15-5-2
Fumbles lost 2 3
Punts-avg. 3-24.0 4-22.7
Penalties-ydg. 4-50 4-50
Shelton 7 7 0 7-21
Elma 0 0 0 0-0
S -- Mel Morgan, 4 run (Kieburtz
L,~L,~i~)~am Martin, 2 run (Kieburtz
kick).
S -- Mike Pavel, 35 run (Kieburtz
kick).
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing -- Sam Martin 18-60, Mel
Morgan 12-44, Mike Pavel 2-38,
Chris McGee 5-32, John Vernon
8-32, Kevin Ridout 2-5, Tom
Wittenberg 1-2, Rick Wood 1-1,
Tim McGee 1-1.
"NO, SAM ... I said I'd block left!" Shelton standout Jay Zamzow looks on
with some uncertainty Friday as fellow Climber Sam Martin takes on the
entire Eagle defense.
PLACEKICKER JIM KIEBURTZ displays the form that enabled him to
boot through a perfect 3-for-3 Friday against Elma. His only fieldgoal
attempt -- into a stiff wind -- bounced wide off the left upright.
QUARTERBACK CHRIS McGEE follows the blocking of teammates Jay
Zamzow (75) and Sam Martin (30) on the quarterback option in last
Friday's 21-0 triumph over Elma in Highclimbers' "Monsoon Stadium."
Shelton's jayvee football team
saved its scoring punch 'til the last
moment Monday in Chehalis but
found it sufficient to eke out a
7-0 victory.
After the teams traded punts
during regulation play, Shelton
won the coin toss at the start of
overtime and elected to receive.
The second play from
scrimmage found Shelton on
the Chehalis five-yard line, the
host team having been penalized
for encroachment, and from there
Kevin Ridout went around right
end for the score. The kick by
Jim Tobin was good and Shelton
was out in front 7-0.
Chehalis' comeback bid ended
on the next play. Shelton's Brian
Martin got to the ballcarrier,
forced a fumble and recovered the
ball as time ran out.
The win ran the jayvee team's
record to 2-2 in league play, 3-2
overall. Next action is Monday,
when the team hosts Timberline.
SUPER-BOOSTER JOHN PERRY, surrounded by Shelton High
cheerleaders, holds aloft the autographed football he was presented last
Friday as a tribute to his dedication to Climber sports.
Jo
onore
lim
Longtime Climber booster
John Perry was honored by the
Pep Club Friday at the start of
the Shelton-Elma football game.
Perry, current Booster Club
president and a peerless Climber
fan since 1962, was presented a
football signed by the 1975
Climber football team members.
As Perry accepted the award from
the Shelton cheerleaders, the
following tribute was read over
the public address system:
"Mr. Perry, no one knows
better how hard you work as
Booster Club president than we
on the Pep Staff. We want to
express our appreciation on
behalf of the team, parents and
coaches. Please accept this
autographed ball as a token of our
thanks."
Perry, a driver's license
examiner for the Washington
State Department of Motor
Vehicles, donates both time and
talent to all sports at Shelton
High School.
In addition to being Booster
Club president, a position he has
held the last two years, Perry
shoots, develops and prints photos
"of all Climber sports events, acts as
liaison between the club and
members of the coaching staff
and administration, and generally
"backs the teams in every possible
way," according to Booster Club
Secretary lnez Jacobsen.
"Last Christmas, for
example," relates Mrs. Jacobsen,
"John sent each member of the
AA champion football team a
card with the player's picture on
the front. My son got one
showing him kicking the bali
during one of the games.
"John just does so much for
all the kids."
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